Open Call for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2026 (Due Aug. 18)
Open Call for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2026
Deadline: Aug 18th, 2025
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe is staged on the beautiful Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia. The exhibition is featured from the sea wall, all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on the surrounding grassed areas creating a beautiful sculpture park. Access to Cottesloe Beach can be made from the ramps or stairs at different locations along Marine Parade.
All types, forms, and sizes of sculpture, in all materials, are eligible for entry into Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2026 (‘SxS’).
The Exhibition site can accommodate very large to small sculptures. When submitting works, Artists are required to consider safety, ease of installation and removal, the environment, and the ability of their work to withstand sun, extremely strong wind, rain, salt spray and playful children touching and potentially climbing on the sculpture.
The Town of Cottesloe authorises Sculpture by the Sea Incorporated (‘SXSINC’) to stage the Exhibition along Cottesloe Beach and the foreshore. Please note that works considered by SXSINC or the Town of Cottesloe to be unsafe will be ineligible. The Town of Cottesloe is committed to maintaining and supporting events that include participation from the broader community and are not discriminatory or offensive in any way.
To uphold our rigorous selection process and commitment to exhibiting new works, any sculptures previously exhibited in Australia, or sculptures from an edition previously exhibited in Australia will not be eligible, except when these works have only been included in another Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. If a sculpture is one of a series previously exhibited in Australia, selection will be at the discretion of the Exhibition Curatorial Panel and Artistic Director whether to include the sculpture in the Exhibition.
Once the sculpture is selected for the Exhibition the Artist agrees not to exhibit a similar sculpture in Australia prior to the end of the Contract Period. The Artist will disclose to the Exhibition’s Production Executive the existence of any current or pending exhibition that may include a sculpture that is similar to that selected for the Exhibition. It will be the decision of the Exhibition Curatorial Panel and Artistic Director made in good faith whether a sculpture is similar to that selected and should be excluded from the Exhibition.